#2298 · 🐟 fish
Fantail Darter
Etheostoma flabellare
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what is it?
The fantail darter ( Etheostoma flabellare ) is a species of fish in the family Percidae, widely distributed across streams in North America.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 5,486 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1819 (207 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Fantail Darter
- scientific name
- Etheostoma flabellare
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Perciformes
- family
- Percidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 5,486
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1819 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Percidae
#2073 📷 9European Perch
🇳🇱 Baars
Perca fluviatilis
LC 👀 359 in NL
#2092 📷 10Zander
🇳🇱 Snoekbaars
Sander lucioperca
LC 👀 69 in NL
#2100 📷 10Ruffe
🇳🇱 Pos
Gymnocephalus cernua
LC 👀 39 in NL
#2265 📷 10Yellow Perch
🇳🇱 Amerikaanse gele baars
Perca flavescens
LC 🌍 12k seen
#2277 📷 10Rainbow Darter
Etheostoma caeruleum
LC 🌍 7.5k seen
#2323 📷 10Walleye
🇳🇱 Breedbekbaars
Sander vitreus
LC 🌍 4.7k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 100476, Wikidata Q3752556, GBIF 2382246, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.